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HeadStart is a five-year, £56 million National Lottery funded programme set up by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. In six local areas, it aims to explore and test new ways to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people aged 10 to 16 and prevent serious mental-health issues from developing.

Between 2016 and 2021, six HeadStart partnerships have designed, and are now delivering tailored universal and targeted programmes of support which respond to the local context, environment and needs of young people.

The evaluation of HeadStart is being undertaken by the Evidence Based Practice Unit, a partnership between the Anna Freud Centre and University College London (UCL).